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First class
SIR: Your pun suggesting that the Bromley Cross sub-post office was about to move "first class" conceals the fact that it has been first class for many years already. (It won awards for excellence only last year). Exactly where, among foodstuffs, cigarettes
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No offers to help disabled children
A CRY for help from the parents of disabled children in Bury has gone unheard. Social Services' Home from Home scheme, which offers temporary respite care for disabled children and young people, sent out an urgent appeal for suitable couples and individuals
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Baby Megan nearly chokes on TV plug
By Gayle McBain A FURIOUS Bolton father claims his toddler daughter nearly choked on an aerial plug left behind by a cable company workman. Now Liam Ryan is demanding an apology from Cable and Wireless. But the company, who have offered Mr Ryan £10 off
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Sales high fliers get the VIP treatment
THREE Bolton sales people were successful in a national competition. David Silverstone, Malcolm Cragg and Jenny Mason beat hundreds of colleagues across the UK to win places in Rentokil Initial's top sales consultant rankings. David works for Initial
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Leigh to stay a first class act
LEIGH Centurions' future as a Division One club is likely to be secured for three years if the game votes for a 'no relegation' policy tomorrow. But despite which way the vote goes, it won't worry coach Keith Latham. "In one way it would be nice to be
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Super bin tipped to sweep the market!
A BOLTON company is marketing a tipping bin which it originally designed and developed for its own use. Bolton Fabrications Ltd of Bella Street, Daubhill, is to promote its Skip-it bin at the inaugural North-west Manufacturing Exhibition to be held at
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Storm look to future
MANCHESTER Storm's general manager and coach, Kurt Kleinendorst, breathed a sigh of relief at the end of the season on Saturday. The team that faced the Sheffield Steelers in the third and fourth place championship play-offs bore no resemblance to the
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WANDERER'S US WINNER
A BOLTON Wanderers fanatic living in America was stunned when the club telephoned him - to say he had won a Florida holiday. Stephen Whittleston, 41, was woken at 4am in Los Angeles with news that he'd won the trip of a lifetime as top prize in the club's
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 31, 1973 AN American wanted to trace his long-lost cousin in Britain. All Mike Archdale, of Montana, knew was that his grandfather, Lionel Dawson Archdale, emigrated to the United States from Co. Fermanagh, Northern
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It's busy already
SIR: Having read your article '300 job food shop plan under threat' and '100 face jobs chop', I feel I must respond on behalf of the people who are already employed on the proposed Longcauseway/Old Hall Street site and the local residents. The developers
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No respect shown
SIR: I refer to the letter by R Wardley (BEN, March 25). She is not writing on behalf of ALL Kearsley residents. Our Kearsley councillors mentioned have shown no respect for the views of the majority in the Blackhorse area of Kearsley, regarding the building
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Disabled man's blow lamp ordeal
A FORMER Special Constable claimed he suffered a "hellish ordeal" at the hands of a drug crazed thug who threatened him with a blazing blow lamp. Disabled Bernard McCartin says he will brave repercussions in a bid to publicise the terrifying experience
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Arsenal on Reebok alert
ARSENE Wenger has told his title-chasing Gunners to prepare for a battle at the Reebok. Victory will take Arsenal to within three points of Premiership favourites Manchester United, and still with two games in hand, but the Highbury boss isn't expecting
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Airport's Roman calendar
BRITISH Airways has started its summer schedule from Manchester Airport. It involves direct flights from Manchester to Rome, replacing the current service which operates via Brussels. Flights to Brussels have increased from 17 to 23 a week with four departures
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Head to head
BACK in September Colin Todd tipped Arsenal to challenge Manchester United for the Premiership title. Tonight he'll be asking his survival squad to produce a performance that could go a long way to wrecking the Gunners' championship ambitions. It has
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Under attack
SIR: I am writing in response to the letter from Mr Ivan A Cooper (BEN, March 20) in which he was attacking Ms Ruth Kelly for being pregnant and an MP too. Firstly he claims that he was attacked by the Labour Party PC brigade and that he was the victim
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Fears over teenage girl's sex attacker
DETECTIVES fear that a man who indecently assaulted a 13-year-old girl in a Bury street may have attacked other women. And they are urging other victims who may have been confronted by the fiend - at the same location in Beech Grove Close, Bury - to contact
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Tom takes transplant in his stride
BRAVE little Tom Molyneux, aged five, told today how he was recovering from a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Speaking on the phone from an isolation unit at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, the Bolton schoolboy said he was getting better watching
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Brassed Off stars help young players
A BOLTON school's brass band will soon hit the high notes after help from a famous counterpart. For the renowned Grimethorpe Colliery band - stars of the Brassed Off film - have come to the rescue of St Peter's CE Primary School. Two weeks ago we revealed
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Wigan to beat cap
WEMBLEY-bound Wigan Warriors will beat the salary cap. That is the confident prediction of chairman Mike Nolan after his team secured a healthy Challenge Cup Final pay day. Nolan, who only took over as Wigan boss five months ago said: "It is a great feeling
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Figuring it out
SIR: I read with some interest the jobless figures( BEN, March 18). Apparently, Bolton's dole queue was down by 173 for the month of February. What those figures failed to tell us is how many people had found employment and how many had been forced onto
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High teaching standards win OFSTED praise
A SCHOOL in Harwood has received special praise from OFSTED inspectors for the standard of teaching and the behaviour of the pupils. An in-depth report on St Brendan's RC Primary School showed that the quality of teaching was an "outstanding strength
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Message of hope from drugs tragedy
TWO fathers united by grief brought a chilling anti-drugs message to pupils at Woodhey High School in Ramsbottom yesterday. The father of Essex teenager Leah Betts, who died after swallowing an Ecstasy pill on her 18th birthday three years ago, was joined
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Hunt for masked sex fiend
A MASKED sex fiend who indecently assaulted a terrified housewife as he held a knife at her throat was being hunted today. The 50-year-old victim thought the man was a mugger and offered him the contents of her handbag. But he chillingly told her: "It's
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Gunning for glory
NATHAN Blake is ready to return as Wanderers bid for the hat-trick that can put them on course for Premiership survival. Colin Todd's 12-goal top scorer faces a late fitness test but hopes are high that he will get the thumbs up to face Arsenal in tonight's
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NHS should cover all
WHILE we welcome any cash boosts for heath care, we question why people from ethnic minorities in Bolton should not already be fully covered. The announcement that the Ethnic Minority Health Forum has received £128,000 from the National Lottery raises
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We need to know
SIR: I wish to comment on the article 'Kearsley planning scheme backed' (BEN, March 6). This article does not seem to represent adequately the feelings of people who have qualms and misgivings about the 'huge transformations' in Kearsley. These transformations
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Stamp out racism
THE recent tragedy at Gillingham where a fan was stabbed to death after the match against Fulham brought all the horrors of soccer violence to the fore again. Then there was the episode of the Barnsley referee having to be secreted out of town under police
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Daily poem
'School Crossing Patrols' wanted, It said in the newspaper ad. Good wages, and very short hours - Now that didn't seem too bad. I applied for the job and secured it, They gave me a uniform too, Sent me out on a busy crossing, To learn just what to do.
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Hope blooms for cancer victims
A HOST of golden daffodils greeted guests who saw the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Moss Bank Park. The planting of thousands of bulbs has created a "Field of Hope" for Bolton, an annual reminder of the hope that Marie Curie Cancer Care gives
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REVIEW: Pastimes, The Palace, Manchester. Runs until Saturday
MIND games met board games last night to provide entertaining light comedy at Manchester's Palace Theatre. Bill and Sam - two elderly brothers running a small cafe - seemed to be without a care in the world as they plodded through life preparing meals
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Thieves break dancers' hearts
HEARTBROKEN dance school pupils have had to scrap part of their Albert Halls show after thieves stole scenery. Chris Anderton, who helps his wife Teresa run the Teresa Harper School of Dance, had constructed a spectacular space scene to be a highlight
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Soccer club in £1m lottery cash chase
By Matthew Taylor A BOLTON football club wants to develop a £1m community sports facility with lotto cash. Blackrod Town Football Club is looking at ways of developing a "mini leisure centre" in the town. Club chairman Roy Flatters said that currently
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Firm's plans are set in concrete!
THE successful restoration of Bolton's Bow Street car park has led to the formation of a new company. Quadrega Ltd aims to breathe new life into ageing multi-storey car parks and other deteriorating concrete buildings. The Bow Street project was carried
